pituitary

Meaning

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to the pituitary gland.
2. (not-comparable) Mucous.

Noun

1. The pituitary gland.
2. The pituitary gland together with the pituitary stalk.
3. An extract from the pituitary gland.

Synonyms

pituitary gland

pituitary body

mucilaginous

mucous

pituitous

hypophysis

phlegmatic

hypophyseal

humoral

Translations

hypophyse

pituitaria

pituitaire

schleimabsondernd

pituitario

Hypophyse

نخامي

pituitär

hypophysaire

Hypophyse

ipofisi

pituitario

ghiandola pituitaria

hypofyse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɪˈtjuːɪt(ə)ɹi/

Etymology

1610s, from Latin pītuītārius (“mucous”), from pītuīta (“clammy moisture, phlegm, mucus, slime”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *peyH- (“to be fat, swell”). Taken as the name for the gland because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose. As a noun by 1899.